Celebrating International Literacy Day, 8 SeptemberMary felt isolated and lost. Newly married, she’d left her home in Upper Egypt to move into her husband’s family home on the outskirts of Cairo. She found it hard to talk to her mother-in-law, and her illiteracy made her feel useless and alone. The only comfort she found was […]

Peru is a hotbed of Bible translation! The full Bible is available in four indigenous languages in addition to Spanish (Ayacucho Quechua, Cusco Quechua, Huallaga Quechua and Central Aymara), while the New Testament is available in a staggering 46 Peruvian languages! As well as being directly involved in Bible translation, the Peruvian Bible Society is […]

As the war in Gaza erupted on Wednesday after a failed ceasefire, the Palestinian Bible Society called on Christians to ‘be peacemakers who love unconditionally, beyond borders or walls’. Since the start of the war in early July, which has claimed more than 2,000 lives, the Bible Society has worked tirelessly with local churches and […]

Bible Societies in West Africa met together recently to agree a joint response to the crisis created by the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus. People in the region are in fear of their lives and many are turning to God. “People are seeking the comfort of God during this challenging time,” states Robert Iffono […]

As the security and humanitarian crisis in Iraq continues to worsen, with an estimated 1.2 million people having fled their homes, the world is facing a “disaster against humanity,” says Mike Bassous, General Secretary of the Bible Society in Lebanon. He is in contact with Bible Society colleagues who are providing relief packages and Scriptures […]

The world’s attention has already turned elsewhere, but life has certainly not returned to normal for the victims of the severe flooding that swept across Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia in May. Hundreds of people remain displaced and face a long battle to rebuild their lives. The Bible Societies of Serbia and Croatia launched an emergency […]

By Arun Sok Nhep, Vietnam Bible Society Khanh served many years in the Vietnamese Marines. After retiring from the Armed Forces, he started a construction company. He became very successful, but despite this his heart felt empty and his life seemed meaningless. As Khanh became more and more spiritually hungry, he decided to seek the […]

(Photo: Penny Gospel volunteers on the streets of Glasgow. Photo by Scottish Bible Society/Andy Wallace) As hundreds of thousands of people have flocked to Glasgow, Scotland, over the past two weeks to watch the Commonwealth Games, an army of volunteers has been distributing more than 750,000 sports-related Scriptures. “We are thrilled because this is the […]

Exactly 100 years ago, on 28 July 1914, the first shots of World War I were fired. Over the following four years, 16 million lives were lost as 65 million men from 32 countries were drawn into the conflict. The book that was read and cherished by people on both sides of the conflict was […]

Many of the 10,000 Christians forced by ISIS to flee their homes in Mosul last week are flooding into Kurdistan. The Bible Society team in Iraq, which is helping the refugees, says the need for support is immense. “So many Christians are arriving here in Erbil – the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan – that the […]